For over 60 years, Open Doors has worked in the world's most oppressive countries, empowering Christians who are persecuted for their beliefs. Open Doors equips persecuted Christians in more than 60 countries through programs like Bible & Gospel Development, Women & Children Advancement and Christian Community Restoration.

What is Open Doors USA?

Our ministry was launched by a courageous Christian man from the Netherlands named Brother Andrew. Many people best know Brother Andrew from his most well-known book, God’s Smuggler, which tells stories of his secret missions to smuggle Bibles into hostile regions. During his life, Brother Andrew took great risks to sneak the gospel into communist countries during the height of the Cold War. He did so with a sense of adventure, believing that his faith in Jesus was worth every danger he faced. Today, although the world has changed, Christians are still persecuted and, in some communities, continue to be forced underground. Like Brother Andrew, Open Doors team members still take on risks to resource these Christians living in hostile regions and to continually work against persecution wherever it exists.

How did it start?

How to get involved

We invite anyone who is interested in our ministry to become part of the extended Open Doors family. You can start to get to know us today by:

We know that many of you intentionally donate time, resources and volunteer hours to worthy causes. We hope that you will consider making “persecution” one of the areas that you are determined to impact over the course of your life. We are in this for the long haul and we would love to offer you a lifetime of ministry opportunities for doing good for the Kingdom of God.